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'PATENTED MAY 23, 1905. 0. E. MITGHEM.

TAG.

APPLICATION FILED um: 17,1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 23, 1905. I

PATENT OFFICE.

TAG-

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,449, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed June 17, 1904. Serial No. 213,006.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. MITOI-IEM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harvard, in the county of McI-Ienry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Tag, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to tags, and particularly to one adapted for use in connection with remnants of dry goods.

Heretofore in preparing remnants of dry goods or the like for display it has been the general custom to arrange the material in folded or bolt form and to pin or otherwise attach thereto a ticket stating the number of yards of goods in the remnant and the price This manner of preparing the remnants for sale is objectionable for the reason that in being handled by prospective purchasers they become. rumpled and soiled, thus materially detracting from their value.

It is the object of the present invention to. present remnants of dry goods in such manner as while the design and quality of the marumpled and only a very small length can be damaged by soiling, and, further, to combine the ticket or tag with the remnant in such manner as positively to preclude its accidental separation therefrom.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists, generally stated, in a device of the class described comprising a ticket and a clip having a spur to engage, but not wholly penetrate, the ticket to hold it in position upon an object, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of theinvention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in per spective exhibiting the tag positioned upon a roll offabric. Fig. 2 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective detailview of one of the members of-the tag.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a tube 'or core of any suitable material upon which is wound fabric 2, 3 clips disposed upon the exterior of the fabric to hold it from unwinding, and 4 a ticket disposed beneath the clip and upon which is to be exhibited the number of yards contained in the remnant rolled upon the core and the price of the same. The tag, which constitutes the gist of the present invention, comprises the spring-clip 3 and the ticket 4. The clip is substantially circular in form and has its terminals spaced apart to present an entrance-opening 5, the ends 6 of the terminals being outturned, as clearly shown, to facilitate positioning of the clip upon the roll of fabric. The clip at a point preferably opposite the entrance-opening 5 is provided with an inwardly-projecting spur or pin 7, which may be struck or punched from the body of the clip and is designed to engage the ticket, without wholly penetrating it, to hold it positively positioned upon the fabric. This is essential to prevent damage to the goods when the clips are slipped therefrom, as it will be seen that if the spur projected through the ticket there would be liability of cutting the fabric. I

In practice when the clip is in operative position, with the ticket inserted beneath it, the spur or pin will engage or embed itself in the ticket, thereby securely retaining the latter against displacement and obviating the loss of the ticket, with the attendant expense due to loss of time in remeasuring and retagging the fabric.

While the construction herein shown is that which will generally be adopted, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the precise arrangement of the parts shown, as changes may be resorted to and still be within the scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed is 1. The combination of a ticket, a clip, and an object to which the ticket is secured by the clip, the clip being provided with means engaging the ticket, but not the object, in a positive manner, and the object holding the my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in ticket in engagement with the said means. the presence of two Witnesses.

2. Adevice of the class described compris- 1 *1 w i ing a ticket, and a clip having a spur to en- (JHAb' MHLHLM' 5 gage but not Wholly penetrate the ticket to Witnesses:

hold it in position upon an object. EARLE R. DOWNES,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CALVIN J. HENDRICKS. 

